Science and Technology Lab?

[Benson Muite]

Hi,

Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or putting 
some of the packages used in CAE linux (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) 
in the Robotics lab?

Benson

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 08 December 2019 at 08:12, Benson Muite wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or
> putting some of the packages used in CAE linux
> (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the Robotics lab?

What do you mean by "lab"? Are you thinking of a new spin or something
else?

Regards,
Dominik

[Benson Muite]

On 12/8/19 6:23 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> On Sunday, 08 December 2019 at 08:12, Benson Muite wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or
> > putting some of the packages used in CAE linux
> > (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the Robotics lab?
>
> What do you mean by "lab"? Are you thinking of a new spin or something
> else?

Yes, a spin, though seems spin is used for alternative desktops 
(https://spins.fedoraproject.org/) and labs for functional bundles 
(https://labs.fedoraproject.org/)
> Regards,
> Dominik

[Matthew Miller]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 06:27:46PM +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
> Yes, a spin, though seems spin is used for alternative desktops
> (https://spins.fedoraproject.org/) and labs for functional bundles
> (https://labs.fedoraproject.org/)

FWIW the Fedora Council voted to do away with that terminology distinction
because no one really understand it and it adds to our jargon load. So call
it what you like. :)

[Ankur Sinha]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 10:12:26 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Benson,
> Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or putting some
> of the packages used in CAE linux (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the
> Robotics lab?

Sorry---I missed this e-mail. A Scitech lab already exists, but will be
stopped from F32 because it lacks a maintainer. (Please see my other
e-mail to the list).

I don't know anything at all about CAE, but the usual process applies.
Someone has to package and maintain the software in Fedora, and then
putting it into a lab/spin is relatively trivial.

[Xunchen Liu]

Hi,

I use SciLab for my everyday work. Sorry to know it will be retired.
I do not know the software skills required. But if there is anything a common user can do, I think I can do a small piece of work.

Xunchen

On Monday, February 3, 2020 6:13:32 PM CST Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 10:12:26 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi Benson,
> > Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or putting some
> > of the packages used in CAE linux (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the
> > Robotics lab?
>
> Sorry---I missed this e-mail. A Scitech lab already exists, but will be
> stopped from F32 because it lacks a maintainer. (Please see my other
> e-mail to the list).
>
> I don't know anything at all about CAE, but the usual process applies.
> Someone has to package and maintain the software in Fedora, and then
> putting it into a lab/spin is relatively trivial.

[Benson Muite]

Xunchen,

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Xunchen Liu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use SciLab for my everyday work. Sorry to know it will be retired.
> I do not know the software skills required. But if there is anything a 
> common user can do, I think I can do a small piece of work.

Great. Are there any packages that you use? 
Might you be willing to do pre-release testing?
Benson
> Xunchen
>
> On Monday, February 3, 2020 6:13:32 PM CST Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 10:12:26 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > Hi Benson,
> > > Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or putting some
> > > of the packages used in CAE linux (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the
> > > Robotics lab?
> >
> > Sorry---I missed this e-mail. A Scitech lab already exists, but will be
> > stopped from F32 because it lacks a maintainer. (Please see my other
> > e-mail to the list).
> >
> > I don't know anything at all about CAE, but the usual process applies.
> > Someone has to package and maintain the software in Fedora, and then
> > putting it into a lab/spin is relatively trivial.
>
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[Xunchen Liu]

Benson,

I use common packages: emacs/spyder/okular/firefox/krusader/kontact/latex/zotero/inkscape and installed zotero/WPS/Nutstore.

Of courst I can do some pre-release testing.

Xunchen

On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 6:32:52 AM CST Benson Muite wrote:
> Xunchen,
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Xunchen Liu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use SciLab for my everyday work. Sorry to know it will be retired.
> > I do not know the software skills required. But if there is anything a 
> > common user can do, I think I can do a small piece of work.
>
> Great. Are there any packages that you use? 
> Might you be willing to do pre-release testing?
> Benson
> > Xunchen
> >
> > On Monday, February 3, 2020 6:13:32 PM CST Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > > On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 10:12:26 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Hi Benson,
> > > > Would it be worth having a Fedora Science and Technology lab or putting some
> > > > of the packages used in CAE linux (https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/) in the
> > > > Robotics lab?
> > >
> > > Sorry---I missed this e-mail. A Scitech lab already exists, but will be
> > > stopped from F32 because it lacks a maintainer. (Please see my other
> > > e-mail to the list).
> > >
> > > I don't know anything at all about CAE, but the usual process applies.
> > > Someone has to package and maintain the software in Fedora, and then
> > > putting it into a lab/spin is relatively trivial.
> >
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[Ankur Sinha]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 14:59:38 +0800, Xunchen Liu wrote:
> Benson,
>
> I use common packages: emacs/spyder/okular/firefox/krusader/kontact/latex/zotero/inkscape and installed zotero/WPS/Nutstore.
>
> Of courst I can do some pre-release testing.

That would be great. It would be a good start to just test updates to
the packages you use and provide karma:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing

[Ankur Sinha]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 10:44:09 +0800, Xunchen Liu wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Xunchen,
> I use SciLab for my everyday work. Sorry to know it will be retired.

The Scilab package[1] is not being retired (at least not that I'm aware
of). The Fedora Scientific Spin/Lab image[2] is being retired.

So you can continue using Scilab :)

[1] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/scilab
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin